All Quiet on the Western Front Page #3

Well, we meet again.

Kropp, isn't it? You remember me,

Corporal Himmestoss.

Mller, you here too?

Oh, yes, I remember you very well.

Lehr, Behm, Baumer... Baumer.

Nothing wrong with my memory!

You've all managed

to stay alive.

Not Kemmerich.

Kemmerich?

I don't remember Kemmerich.

The rest of you seem to have learned

your lessons pretty well.

don't you turn your back.

What did you say?

So this is the great

Corporal Himmestoss?

And who are you?

I asked you a question, soldier.

Himmestoss.

There's a latfine down the road.

Why don't you take a jump?

Do you want to be court martialled?

Stand up straight, hees together,

when your superior officer

speaks to you.

All of you!

Squad, attention!

Right... face.

Right turn, forward... march.

Left, left, left, left.

Left, left,

left, left, left, left.

Easy, boy, easy.

It'll be all right.

Ah, you see the way he blows up?

Boom, like that.

Want to kill Frenchmen?

You'll be all right, boy.

You'll get used to it.

To soften us up so we can't sleep.

Huh, then when they attack,

we won't be able to fight back

because we're too tired.

Two days and nights. How much longer?

Not too long, not too long.

Why don't they stop?

Where are you going?

I'll be back... in a minute.

No, just relax. Wait. It'll be over

soon. Come on, sit down and relax.

Let me go. I must get away.

Sit down and calm down.

Now, go and sit down.

Behave yourselves. Be easy, quiet.

I said...

Come on, let's go.

Come on... come on.

'No longer do we lie helpless,

awaiting destruction.

'We can destroy and kill

to save ourselves and to be revenged.

'When we see their faces,

we become wild beasts.

'We turn into thugs and murderers.

'Into God only knows what devis.

'If your own father was with them,

Forward!

Fire.

What the hell is this?

Come on, let's go. Come on, you all.

Come on, move. You too, soldier.

Come on, let's go.

let's go, let's go.

What's happening down there?

Come on.

Come on!

Come on!

'How long is it? Days,

of weeks, of months, of years?

'Attack, counter-attack.

And the dead pile up.

'Winter, summer... The days are hot

and the dead lie unburied.

'The shels will bury them.

'But when the wind blows,

it brings the smell of blood,

'which is heavy and sweet.'

No, shh... shh...

Shh! Shh!

No, no...

No, shh. Je vous...

Je vous... help...

I want to help you.

Ohh!

I didn't want to kill you.

But you jumped in here like that.

What would you have done? It's...

face to face.

I just saw your rifle...

your bayonet...

grenades.

If we threw all those away...

we could be brothers.

But they never want us

to know that, do they?

They never want us to know.

We each have mothers...

fathers...

the same...

fear of death.

The same...

pain.

The same...

everything.

Everything.

Forgive me, comfade.

I could write... to your family.

Yes...

Yes, I'll write!

'Gefard Duval, compositeur.

'I have killed

Gefard Duval the printer.'

Battalion, attention!

Present arms!

Eyes left!

Battalion Commander, sir.

Your Majesty, I have the honour

to bring you the salute

of the 150th Infantry Battalion.

Your Majesty,

Soldier Bernard.

Your Majesty,

Soldier Langer.

Your Majesty,

Corporal Himmestoss.

Battalion! At ease!

Officers, non-commissioned officers,

enlisted men.

The men who have received decorations

this day

From this day on, your Kaiser urges

you all to aspire to such strength,

to such bravery, to such obedience

to your God and your country.

If you do, my soldiers,

I am certain you will all

one day wear a medal

pinned on you by your Kaiser.

You have all done your duty

as noble German warriors.

You have shown the world our might.

You have stricken

our enemies with fear.

It'll take weeks

to get to the skin!

- Give me that soap?

- How's the water?

Beautiful! Come on in!

Hey! Look at that!

Hello! Bonjour, bonjour!

Jolies! Jolies!

Somebody do something!

Just don't let them get away!

Allo, Mademoiselles!

Allo, Mademoiselles!

Attendez, s'il vous plait!

Tell them to come over.

Er, yes, er... Mademoiselle,

you come over this side, oui?

- We want to talk.

- Talk?!

Parlez vous, Mademoiselles!

Hey! Hey, wait a minute!

Frauleins, l'amour, yes?

You coming over,

we have l'amour, yes?

Oui, oui, oui.

- Don't go!

- Yoo-hoo!

Gifs! Fraulein, bread, yes?

You want bread?

Look! Regardez!

Yum-yum-yum-yum-yum, yes? Bread!

You come over here, oui?

Vous!

Venez!

Ici!

Ce soir!

Vous venez!

L-bas!

Ntre maison!

They want us to come

to their house tonight!

Oui! Avec quelque chose

a manger, oui?

- With something to eat!

- La maison l!

Maison!

- Bonjour! Bonjour! Bonjour!

- Bye! Bye!

Drink up, Tjaden.

It's bad luck there's four of us

and three of them.

Mm-hmm... Bad luck.

See, it's just not fair

to the gifs.

Drink up, Tjaden. How often

do you get good French wine?

Not fair to the gifs... No.

One of us will have to make

the supreme sacrifice.

Mmm?

Bottoms up, Tjaden,

you're not keeping up with us.

Maybe we should draw lots?

You lose.

- Bonsoir.

- Bonsoir.

This looks like

the right line-up, huh?

I'm all for this one.

You like yours, Albert?

Yes.

Paul?

Mais tu es blanc comme neige,

je crois.

Er...

Est-ce que je me trompe,

petit bon homme.

Oui!

Mon petit soldat.

Non, non. Ici.

- Quelle age a-tu?

- Eh?

- Ton age?

- No...

- Quelle age a-tu?

- Ah! I'm 19.

19...

19... Oh!

Vingt-cinq ans? Vraiment?

Look out! Look out! Take cover!

- My leg!

- Come on, Albert! Up! Up!

Come on, boys,

a little bit more.

Down! Stay down!

I'll be right back!

Hey!

Paul!

Take care!

Kat.

Kat!

Kat, come on!

- All right.

- Easy, easy.

- From Kat.

- What is it?

- It's a long ride.

- Oh, bread and cheese!

He could find a lobster dinner

in the middle of the desert!

Goodbye.

- Take care, Paul.

- Bye.

'Albert and I

are in a Catholic hospital.

- Won't see him again.

- Why not?

The "Dead Room"?

What's the Dead Room?

The Dying Room,

whatever you call it.

It's in the basement.

It's convenient really.

It's next to the mortuary.

No one ever comes back.

'The beds empty quickly,

and new occupants take their places.

'It is going badly with Albert.

He is in much pain.

'Last night one of our wardmates

awakened with a severe haemoffhage.

They won't take me! No! NO!

We're taking you

to the bandaging room.

I won't go to the Dying Room!

We're not going there.

Then why take his tunic?

- I'll be back. I won't die!

- Why are you taking his tunic?

I'll come back!

I won't die! I'll come back!

Liars!

They're lying.

LIARS!

I'll come back!

I'll come back! I won't die...

Stop it!

Stop it! Stop that! Orderly!

Get the orderly! Doctor!

Orderly! Orderly!

Why didn't you leave him alone?

You are doing so well, Paul.

Soon we'll throw away the cane.

- Sister.

- Yes?

I'm worried about my friend.

I think... he is making

a very good recovery.

He worries me.

Since the operation, he...

He's in a terrible state of mind.

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